#Just something I noticed

[starsifter]

I've noticed that Bill presents himself as very small and nonthreatening when he first meets Ford and then bigger later on when he drops the facade.

ykyk

[caramel-ribbons]

I just watched Avatar for the first time all the way through, and yeah, it’s great, but the one thing that surprised me was how different Katara was compared to the fandom interpretation I’d seen and internalized before watching.

Like, before you watch Avatar, you’ve seen all these memes about Katara and her mom, and based on those memes, you assume it’s one of those lines you have to get used to hearing at least once every episode. But then you watch the show and realize that she only talks about her mom maybe five or six times per season and you also realize she only brings her up when she’s trying to comfort someone or empathize with them because that’s how she processes her grief and that’s one way she connects with people.

Or you hear the infamous line, “then you didn’t love [our mother] the way I did” and you prepare yourself for one of the worst character assassinations ever only to see the scene after nearly three seasons worth of context and realize she was kinda right. She’s been the mother, the nurturer, the comforter. She’s been patient, gentle, and accommodating where everyone else has gotten to be insensible and reckless and childish, and the one moment where she allows herself to feel her grief, suddenly she’s this evil bitch and not, y’know, a 14 year old girl whose been thrusted into adulthood in a way no other character has. A 14 year old girl who should be allowed immaturity and raw emotion and anger instead of the patience and grace she’s been forced to extend to every character without even the smallest amount of gratitude or even consideration in return.

Or you see all of the clips where Katara puts Aang in the “friendzone” and you expect to have this wishy washy back and forth where Aang is putting his feelings out there only to have Katara neither commit nor express any clear reciprocation or rejection. Then you watch and realize that, as cute as the ship is initially, that there’s never a point where Aang returns any comfort or grace to Katara despite her always doing this for him to the point of coddling. That for as much as Aang says he loves her, he never seems to outgrow his perception of her so he can recognize her as someone who feels grief, anger, and pain as much as she expresses love, kindness, and maturity. And instead of having moments where he learns to see her beyond her strength or compassion, you’re instead given moments where Aang forces his feelings onto her, both romantic and non-romantic, and Katara is expected to just…shoulder those feelings the way she shoulders everyone else’s.

Katara is the most misunderstood character in the show. As much as people recognize the complexities of Zuko, Sokka, and Azula, they struggle to do the same for Katara because they see her struggles as somehow lesser, and therefore, less deserving of sympathy. They can handle her so long as she’s being endlessly patient and loving and kind, but the moment her endless love, patience, and kindness runs out, she’s suddenly this annoying bitch who can’t shut up about her mother or reciprocate Aang’s feelings. But Katara’s trauma does matter as much as anyone else’s. No, she wasn’t banished from her kingdom. No, she didn’t lose her entire community, and no, she isn’t the only one who lost her mother. But the difference between her and everyone else whose experienced loss because of the Fire Nation is that she’s never given time to process her trauma. Aang gets to lean on Katara constantly. Toph gets to express her feelings to Katara, and yeah, Sokka also lost their mother, but unlike Katara, he isn’t put in the position of being a substitute for everyone’s parent. He even admits that he sees his sister as a mother. The only characters who ever comfort Katara or allow her to vent is Zuko and her father and that’s, like, three scenes in a show where the other characters are consistently given opportunities to seek out Katara for unconditional support.

The fandom interpretation of Katara has been so bastardized that even those who haven’t watched the show know her for this fanon version and not for who she is. She’s such an interesting character beyond her fandom limitations, though. She’s brave, hot-headed, and hopeful as well as gentle and caring. She wishes to learn waterbending, not only because she wants to fight in the war, but because she wants to continue her culture’s practices because, and people often forget this, she also lost an entire subculture within her already fractured tribe. And she wants to defeat the Fire Nation both because of her deep love and empathy for other people, but also because she wants to avenge her mother. But because some of the fans have reduced Katara to a bitch who constantly whines about her mother and friendzones Aang, you wouldn’t know any of this, and it sucks because she’s the only character whose been dumbed down to such an extent.

[cowprintsillies]

[iguessthisisanewobsession]

“An average Gothamite is haunted three times a year" factoid actualy just a statistical error. An average Gothamite is haunted 0 times per year. Phantom Danny, who lives in crime alley & is haunted over 10,000 times each day, is an outlier and should not have been counted.

[wysteriaisapenguin]

Cold when he sees Skeptic or Smitten in their respective Grey Chapters: Oh, I can make them worse~ <3

Paranoid when she sees Skeptic or Smitten in their respective Chapter 3s: OH GOD I MADE THEM WORSE

[murdermeadow]

each time Mel was about to die/get attacked, her jewelry glowed extra bright

[thepaperqueendom]

Can we take a moment to appreciate how Jayden Revri's stupidly cute EARS made it into literally everyone's Charles Rowland headcanons and, subsequently, fanart, fanfiction, everything?

[generalsdiary]

my roman empire is us (the trailblazer) meeting ratio and him greeting us with "oh it's you, I remember you", and the realization hitting we have not seen him, as the mc, since the bug and cat cakes event. and to him we are just that. my mind went immediately to;

"you were a wonderful experience"

"you were everything"

because we ratio defenders, analysis writers, we explain him, defend him, research him, love him, we go ON AND ON about him and, I was so excited when I saw him standing in penacony near the current divergent universe, and to be met with such a reality check truly broke my heart. veritas ratio you are everything, even when we are, in game and out of the game, just perceived as a mere fan, enthusiast. but I would mention, that it is refreshing to be perceived and talked to like a normal person from a scientist and a genius when EVERY genius so far has treated us like an experiment, and a need to explore our bodies and use us- to the point of poisoning us. it is so in his character at the end of the day, to do, the bare fucking minimum btw, and treat us as a human being. hopefully, we get more of him, a companionship mission or something, because it is unfair that a character as great as him is kept away from us, we are left to live on crumbs, moreover left to live on dust when it comes to our canonical interactions in game.

they could never make me hate you, Veritas.

[daniel-nerd]

unrelated to recent events. here's some PUBLIC INFORMATION, and FREELY AVAILABLE INFORMATION.

not trying to suggest anything. I also just thought you might also like to check out these 3 unrelated houses!

an areal view from nypost, and address found through google earth.

while technically not published information, it is an 'open secret' that most people already know or can easily find.

[deathnguts]

Hot take but ‘dark jegulus’ is always just Bartylus written by a James potter fan

[lucasoliko]

Some people need to replay rdr2 before writing Javier in fics because there's no way you think this awkward guy that doesn't talk much is some kind of don juan or latin lover or whatever fucking box you want to apply him to

Why can't y'all just keep his character reserved yet friendly, why do you want the hispanic man to be this experienced, passionate lover and sexually aggressive womanizer

[balmora-citizen]

"Now that you guys are back, we can talk about Anne's boyfriend again..."

The very next scene...

[soni-dragon]

SOOOO UMM…

past friends, one is betrayed/hurt by the other, becomes the villain and is scarred on the right eye… working to heal their relationship (one which is going a lot smoother than the other)

[the-tiniest-demigod]

i like how billford is trending yet bill cipher and ford aren't

[human-being-on-earth]

I love how everyone else is disappointed or upset...

.....except Mike.

He's just so happy.

Like wtf?

Oh, and heres some Byler ⬇️

[typingwithmyhandstied]

Ann Liang 🤝 Holly Black

Alice thinks, "I do hate you. I hate everything about you. I hate you so much that whenever I'm around you, I can barely think straight. I can barely even breathe," on page 134 of If You Could See the Sun by Ann Liang.

In The Cruel Prince by Holly Black, Jude says in her narration, "I hate him so much that sometimes when I look at him I can hardly breathe" (30).

In I Hope This Doesn't Find You, Sadie says, "It's like I've been poisoned. It's like a sickness, and somehow, the cause and cure of it is him" (Liang 281).

Cardan says the following in The Wicked King, "If you're the sickness, I suppose you can't also be the cure" (Black 57).